2016–17 USHL season

2016–17 USHL Season
LeagueUnited States Hockey League
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 23, 2016 – April 8, 2017
Number of games60
Number of teams17
Regular season
Anderson CupSioux City Musketeers
Season MVPMatīss Kivlenieks (Sioux City Musketeers)
Top scorerZach Solow (Dubuque Fighting Saints)
Clark Cup Playoffs
Clark Cup Playoffs MVPEduards Tralmaks (Steel)
Finals championsChicago Steel
  Runners-upSioux City Musketeers
USHL seasons

The 2016–17 USHL season is the 38th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season ran from September 23, 2016, to April 8, 2017.[1] The regular season champions, the Sioux City Musketeers, were awarded the Anderson Cup. The playoff champions, the Chicago Steel, were awarded the Clark Cup.

Regular season

Final standings[2]

x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched conference title; z = clinched regular season title

Statistical leaders

Scoring leaders

Players are listed by points, then goals.

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts. = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Zach Solow Dubuque Fighting Saints 56 18 51 69 42
Blake Lizotte Fargo Force 56 19 46 65 42
Colin Theisen Dubuque Fighting Saints 57 35 27 62 30
Hank Crone Fargo Force 56 24 38 62 72
Jack Adams Fargo Force 56 37 23 60 55
Andrei Svechnikov Muskegon Lumberjacks 48 29 29 58 68
Alex Limoges Tri-City/Waterloo 55 22 34 56 18
Eeli Tolvanen Sioux City Musketeers 52 30 24 54 26
Cole Guttman Dubuque Fighting Saints 53 27 27 54 18
Nick Swaney Waterloo Black Hawks 47 26 25 51 12

Leading goaltenders

These are the goaltenders that lead the league in GAA that have played at least 1380 minutes.

Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SOL = Shootout losses; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage

Player Team GP Mins W L OTL SOL SO GAA SV%
Matīss Kivlenieks Sioux City Musketeers 49 2991 36 7 4 2 5 1.85 0.932
Ivan Kulbakov Youngstown Phantoms 52 3050 30 16 4 1 5 1.93 0.919
Robbie Beydoun Waterloo Black Hawks 39 2270 24 9 2 2 5 2.22 0.919
Josef Kořenář Lincoln Stars 32 1783 14 11 4 0 2 2.22 0.923
Dávid Hrenák Green Bay Gamblers 33 1878 15 14 1 1 4 2.24 0.913

Post season awards

USHL awards

Award Name Team
Player of the Year Matīss Kivlenieks Sioux City Musketeers[3]
Forward of the Year Zach Solow Dubuque Fighting Saints[4]
Defenseman of the Year Connor Mackey Green Bay Gamblers[5]
Rookie of the Year Andrei Svechnikov Muskegon Lumberjacks[6]
Goaltender of the Year Matiss Kivlenieks Sioux City Musketeers[3]
Coach of the Year Jay Varady Sioux City Musketeers
Scholar-Athlete Michael Karow
Graham Lillibridge		 Youngstown Phantoms
Chicago Steel
Curt Hammer Logan Halladay
Riese Zmolek		 Bloomington Thunder
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
General Manager of the Year Mark LeRose Sioux City Musketeers
Executive of the Year Not awarded
Organization of the Year Not awarded

All-USHL First Team

Pos Name Team
G Matīss Kivlenieks Sioux City
D Mario Ferraro Des Moines
D Connor Mackey Green Bay
F Zach Solow Dubuque
F Andrei Svechnikov Muskegon
F Eeli Tolvanen Sioux City

All-USHL Second Team

Pos Name Team
G Ivan Kulbakov Youngstown
D Mikey Anderson Waterloo
D Quinn Hughes Team USA
F Jack Adams Fargo
F Blake Lizotte Fargo
F Nick Swaney Waterloo

All Rookie Team

Pos Name Team
G Keith Petruzzelli Muskegon
D Mario Ferraro Des Moines
D Clayton Phillips Fargo
F Cole Guttman Dubuque
F Isaac Johnson Des Moines
F Andrei Svechnikov Muskegon

Clark Cup playoffs

Conference Semi-Finals
(Best of 5) 		Conference Finals
(Best of 5) 		Clark Cup Championship
(Best of 5)
         
1 Chicago 3
4 Youngstown 2
1 Chicago 3
Eastern Conference
2 Dubuque 1
2 Dubuque 3
3 Muskegon 1
E1 Chicago 3
W1 Sioux City 2
1 Sioux City 3
4 Des Moines 0
1 Sioux City 3
Western Conference
2 Waterloo 2
2 Waterloo 3
3 Fargo 0

Conference Semifinals

Eastern Conference

(1) Chicago Steel vs. (4) Youngstown Phantoms

April 14 Chicago Steel 4 – 1 Youngstown Phantoms Fox Valley Ice Arena  
14:19 - Baker Shore (1) First period No scoring
16:50 - Mitch Lewandowski (1) Second period No scoring
12:20 - Reggie Lutz (1)
18:32 - en - Marc Johnstone (1) 		Third period Max Ellis (1) - 16:49
Aleš Stezka (25 saves / 26 shots) Goalie stats Ivan Kulbakov (33 saves / 36 shots)
April 15 Chicago Steel 6 – 0 Youngstown Phantoms Fox Valley Ice Arena  
6:05 - pp - Reggie Lutz (2)
7:56 - pp - Reggie Lutz (3) 		First period No scoring
0:16 - sh - Jack Badini (1)
12:40 - Mitch Lewandowski (2)
16:08 - pp - Jack Badini (2) 		Second period No scoring
5:09 - pp - Eduards Tralmaks (1) Third period No scoring
Aleš Stezka (40 saves / 40 shots) Goalie stats Ivan Kulbakov (12 saves / 17 shots)
Britt League (5 saves / 6 shots)
April 21 Youngstown Phantoms 4 – 1 Chicago Steel Covelli Centre  
7:41 - Michael Karow (1) First period No scoring
6:10 - Marshall Moise (1)
9:23 - sh - Tommy Apap (1) 		Second period Eduards Tralmaks (2) - 1:49
7:17 - Brandon Estes (1) Third period No scoring
Ivan Kulbakov (23 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Aleš Stezka (23 saves / 27 shots)
April 22 Youngstown Phantoms 3 – 2 Chicago Steel Covelli Centre  
14:56 - Austin Pooley (1) First period No scoring
1:00 - Coale Norris (1) Second period No scoring
12:33 - Evan Wisocky (1) Third period Marc Johnstone (2) - 10:04
Eduards Tralmaks (3) - 13:23
Ivan Kulbakov (16 saves / 18 shots) Goalie stats Aleš Stezka (27 saves / 30 shots)
April 25 Chicago Steel 2 – 0 Youngstown Phantoms Fox Valley Ice Arena  
No scoring First period No scoring
11:50 - Jack Badini (3) Second period No scoring
17:09 - en - Derek Daschke (1) Third period No scoring
Aleš Stezka (40 saves / 40 shots) Goalie stats Ivan Kulbakov (25 saves / 26 shots)
Chicago wins series 3 – 2


(2) Dubuque Fighting Saints vs. (3) Muskegon Lumberjacks

April 14 Dubuque Fighting Saints 4 – 3 OT Muskegon Lumberjacks Mystique Ice Center  
10:17 - Dallas Gerads (1) First period Collin Adams (1) - pp - 7:27
Collin Adams (2) - 13:13
10:42 - pp - Austin Rueschhoff (1) Second period No scoring
4:55 - Quinn Preston (1) Third period Bo Hanson (1) - 18:15
14:46 - Colin Theisen (1) First overtime period No scoring
Jaxon Castor (25 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Keith Petruzzelli (27 saves / 31 shots)
April 15 Dubuque Fighting Saints 3 – 0 Muskegon Lumberjacks Mystique Ice Center  
No scoring First period No scoring
3:12 - Dallas Gerads (2)
5:36 - pp - Austin Rueschhoff (2) 		Second period No scoring
19:17 - en - Keenan Suthers (1) Third period No scoring
Jaxon Castor (36 saves / 36 shots) Goalie stats Keith Petruzzelli (19 saves / 21 shots)
April 20 Muskegon Lumberjacks 3 – 0 Dubuque Fighting Saints L.C. Walker Arena  
10:57 - Collin Adams (3) First period No scoring
1:41 - pp - Marc Del Gaizo (1) Second period No scoring
16:35 - en - Ty Farmer (1) Third period No scoring
Adam Brízgala (33 saves / 33 shots) Goalie stats Jaxon Castor (31 saves / 33 shots)
April 21 Muskegon Lumberjacks 2 – 7 Dubuque Fighting Saints L.C. Walker Arena  
No scoring First period Patrick Kudla (1) - 3:40
Cole Guttman (1) - pp - 19:47
8:20 - pp - Austin Alger (1) Second period Jacob Hamacher (1) - 0:09
13:38 - Will Smith (1) Third period Quinn Preston (2) - pp - 7:05
Jacob Hamacher (2) - 8:11
Michael Boyle (1) - 17:14
Alex Steeves (1) - 17:31
Adam Brízgala (34 saves / 41 shots) Goalie stats Jaxon Castor (27 saves / 29 shots)
Dubuque wins series 3 – 1


Western Conference

(1) Sioux City Musketeers vs. (4) Des Moines Buccaneers

April 14 Sioux City Musketeers 4 – 1 Des Moines Buccaneers Tyson Events Center  
14:14 - John Carter MacLean (1) First period No scoring
1:51 - Charlie Kelleher (1)
13:41 - Charlie Kelleher (2) 		Second period No scoring
13:30 - pp - Eeli Tolvanen (1) Third period Collin Rutherford (1) - 1:05
Matīss Kivlenieks (21 saves / 22 shots) Goalie stats Jan Růžička (36 saves / 39 shots)
Nick MacNab (10 saves / 11 shots)
April 16 Sioux City Musketeers 5 – 0 Des Moines Buccaneers Tyson Events Center  
3:46 - Brady Ferner (1)
13:11 - Carson Vance (1) 		First period No scoring
14:47 - Odeen Tufto (1) Second period No scoring
7:33 - pp - Kristián Pospíšil (1)
11:31 - Jackson Keane (1) 		Third period No scoring
Matīss Kivlenieks (23 saves / 23 shots) Goalie stats Jan Růžička (29 saves / 34 shots)
April 21 Des Moines Buccaneers 1 – 2 Sioux City Musketeers Buccaneer Arena  
No scoring First period No scoring
1:29 - Colin Ugbekile (1) Second period Charlie Kelleher (3) - 5:16
No scoring Third period Kristian Pospisil (2) - pp - 9:14
Jan Růžička (30 saves / 32 shots) Goalie stats Matīss Kivlenieks (27 saves / 28 shots)
Sioux City wins series 3 – 0


(2) Waterloo Black Hawks vs. (3) Fargo Force

April 14 Waterloo Black Hawks 4 – 3 OT Fargo Force Young Arena  
15:35 - Nick Swaney (1) First period Shane McMahan (1) - 13:21
No scoring Second period Carson Musser (1) - 13:02
8:04 - pp - Mikey Anderson (1)
15:57 - pp - Kevin Charyszyn (1) 		Third period Mitchell Chaffee (1) - 5:00
4:51 - Bailey Conger (1) First overtime period No scoring
Robbie Beydoun (19 saves / 22 shots) Goalie stats Matt Murray (13 saves / 14 shots)
Ryan Bischel (27 saves / 30 shots)
April 15 Waterloo Black Hawks 4 – 1 Fargo Force Young Arena  
11:48 - pp - Dylan Samberg (1) First period No scoring
12:34 - Ethan Johnson (1) Second period No scoring
18:22 - en - Mikey Anderson (2)
19:37 - en - Shane Bowers (1) 		Third period Shane McMahan (2) - 6:58
Robbie Beydoun (30 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Ryan Bischel (31 saves / 33 shots)
April 18 Fargo Force 0 – 3 Waterloo Black Hawks Scheels Arena  
No scoring First period Jackson Cates (1) - 14:28
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period Shane Bowers (2) - 1:20
Bailey Conger (2) - sh - en - 18:39
Ryan Bischel (37 saves / 39 shots) Goalie stats Robbie Beydoun (24 saves / 24 shots)
Waterloo wins series 3 – 0


Conference Finals

Eastern Conference

(1) Chicago Steel vs. (2) Dubuque Fighting Saints

April 28 Chicago Steel 4 – 3 Dubuque Fighting Saints Fox Valley Ice Arena  
No scoring First period No scoring
8:20 - Reggie Lutz (4) Second period Quinn Preston (3) - 11:44
8:27 - pp - Jack Badini (4)
9:05 - Brannon McManus (1)
15:39 - Brannon McManus (2) 		Third period Eric MacAdams (1) - 0:42
Scott Corbett (1) - 7:39
Aleš Stezka (23 saves / 26 shots) Goalie stats Jaxon Castor (29 saves / 33 shots)
April 29 Chicago Steel 1 – 3 Dubuque Fighting Saints Fox Valley Ice Arena  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period Veli-Matti Tiuraniemi (1) - 10:52
Patrick Kudla (2) - pp - 18:05
13:40 - Eduards Tralmaks (4) Third period Austin Rueschhoff (3) - 12:45
Aleš Stezka (29 saves / 32 shots) Goalie stats Jaxon Castor (34 saves / 35 shots)
May 5 Dubuque Fighting Saints 3 – 4 Chicago Steel Mystique Ice Center  
No scoring First period No scoring
7:46 - Zach Solow (1)
11:46 - Colin Theisen (2)
13:32 - pp - Patrick Kudla (3) 		Second period Marc Johnstone (3) - 0:38
No scoring Third period Eduards Tralmaks (5) - 7:21
Jake Jaremko (1) - 12:09
Brannon McManus (3) - 16:49
Jaxon Castor (24 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Aleš Stezka (25 saves / 28 shots)
May 6 Dubuque Fighting Saints 3 – 7 Chicago Steel Mystique Ice Center  
No scoring First period Eduards Tralmaks (6) - 9:53
Jack Badini (5) - sh - 11:11
5:18 - Dallas Gerads (3)
13:01 - Michael Boyle (2) 		Second period Reggie Lutz (5) - pp - 6:19
Baker Shore (2) - 18:00
Brannon McManus (4) - 19:00
9:24 - pp - Austin Rueschhoff (4) Third period Eduards Tralmaks (7) - 4:18
Jake Jaremko (2) - en - 10:40
Jaxon Castor (27 saves / 33 shots) Goalie stats Aleš Stezka (28 saves / 31 shots)
Chicago wins series 3 – 1


Western Conference

(1) Sioux City Musketeers vs. (2) Waterloo Black Hawks

April 28 Sioux City Musketeers 5 – 2 Waterloo Black Hawks Tyson Events Center  
4:07 - Connor Ford (1)
15:26 - pp - Eeli Tolvanen (2) 		First period No scoring
11:24 - Eeli Tolvanen (3) Second period Ben Copeland (1) - 16:49
Ben Copeland (2) - 17:39
9:03 - sh - Odeen Tufto (2)
18:30 - en - Tarek Baker (1) 		Third period No scoring
Matīss Kivlenieks (31 saves / 33 shots) Goalie stats Robbie Beydoun (24 saves / 28 shots)
April 30 Sioux City Musketeers 1 – 2 OT Waterloo Black Hawks Tyson Events Center  
3:52 - pp - Jacob Wilson (1) First period Alex Limoges (1) - 8:37
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period Yuki Miura (1) - 6:47
Matīss Kivlenieks (33 saves / 35 shots) Goalie stats Robbie Beydoun (30 saves / 31 shots)
May 5 Waterloo Black Hawks 0 – 3 Sioux City Musketeers Young Arena  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period Tarek Baker (2) - pp - 5:28
Matt Hellickson (1) - 19:38
No scoring Third period Odeen Tufto (3) - en - 19:23
Robbie Beydoun (25 saves / 27 shots) Goalie stats Matīss Kivlenieks (29 saves / 29 shots)
May 6 Waterloo Black Hawks 3 – 1 Sioux City Musketeers Young Arena  
8:05 - pp - Ethan Spaxman (1)
19:27 - Bailey Conger (3) 		First period Kristián Pospíšil (3) - pp - 13:19
19:26 - pp - Jackson Cates (2) Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Robbie Beydoun (28 saves / 29 shots)
Peter Thome (0 saves / 0 shots) 		Goalie stats Matīss Kivlenieks (31 saves / 34 shots)
May 9 Sioux City Musketeers 8 – 3 Waterloo Black Hawks Tyson Events Center  
4:59 - Tarek Baker (3)
13:21 - Jacob Wilson (2)
16:20 - Micah Miller (1) 		First period No scoring
2:15 - Phillip Knies (1)
12:07 - Kristián Pospíšil (4) 		Second period Bailey Conger (4) - pp - 16:52
Grant Gabriele (1) - 17:27
13:43 - Odeen Tufto (4)
15:36 - sh - Brian Rigali (1)
16:53 - en - Eeli Tolvanen (4) 		Third period Ben Copeland (3) - 1:51
Matīss Kivlenieks (32 saves / 35 shots) Goalie stats Robbie Beydoun (8 saves / 12 shots)
Peter Thome (12 saves / 15 shots)
Sioux City wins series 3 – 2


Clark Cup Finals

(W1) Sioux City Musketeers vs. (E1) Chicago Steel

May 12 Sioux City Musketeers 5 – 4 OT Chicago Steel Tyson Events Center  
0:31 - Brian Rigali (2)
10:27 - Keegan Mantaro (1)
18:46 - Odeen Tufto (5) 		First period Jason O'Neill (1) - 2:17
Baker Shore (3) - sh - 8:57
No scoring Second period Jordan Seyfert (1) - 5:36
17:02 - Brian Rigali (3) Third period Jack Badini (6) - 5:16
2:27 - pp - Phillip Knies (2) First overtime period No scoring
Matīss Kivlenieks (20 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Matt Ladd (25 saves / 30 shots)
May 13 Sioux City Musketeers 1 – 5 Chicago Steel Tyson Events Center  
No scoring First period Reggie Lutz (6) - 11:03
Brannon McManus (5) - 11:49
Brannon McManus (6) - 16:12
No scoring Second period No scoring
15:14 - pp - Aapeli Räsänen (1) Third period Jake Jaremko (3) - pp - 7:47
Eduards Tralmaks (8) - pp - 13:13
Matīss Kivlenieks (20 saves / 24 shots)
Todd Scott (4 saves / 5 shots) 		Goalie stats Aleš Stezka (38 saves / 39 shots)
May 19 Chicago Steel 3 – 0 Sioux City Musketeers Fox Valley Ice Arena  
4:18 - Jack Badini (7) First period No scoring
14:27 - pp - Johnny Walker (1) Second period No scoring
18:10 - en - Eduards Tralmaks (9) Third period No scoring
Aleš Stezka (27 saves / 27 shots) Goalie stats Matīss Kivlenieks (33 saves / 35 shots)
May 20 Chicago Steel 4 – 5 Sioux City Musketeers Fox Valley Ice Arena  
10:06 - pp - Mitch Lewandowski (3)
11:53 - Jake Jaremko (4) 		First period No scoring
10:58 - Jake Jaremko (5)
18:47 - pp - Reggie Lutz (7) 		Second period Aapeli Räsänen (2) - 2:37
Phillip Knies (3) - 10:02
Odeen Tufto (6) - 19:16
No scoring Third period Eeli Tolvanen (5) - 17:07
Kristián Pospíšil (5) - 18:51
Aleš Stezka (27 saves / 32 shots) Goalie stats Matīss Kivlenieks (20 saves / 24 shots)
May 23 Sioux City Musketeers 1 – 2 OT Chicago Steel Tyson Events Center  
11:04 - Carson Vance (2) First period No scoring
No scoring Second period Eduards Tralmaks (10) - 15:27
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period Tyler Gratton (1) - 11:30
Matīss Kivlenieks (25 saves / 27 shots) Goalie stats Aleš Stezka (45 saves / 46 shots)
Chicago wins series 3 – 2


Playoff scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Jack Badini Chicago Steel 14 7 10 17 2
Marc Johnstone Chicago Steel 14 3 12 15 6
Kristián Pospíšil Sioux City Musketeers 13 5 9 14 14
Jake Jaremko Chicago Steel 14 5 8 13 0
Eduards Tralmaks Chicago Steel 14 10 2 12 2
Reggie Lutz Chicago Steel 14 7 5 12 10
Mitch Lewandowski Chicago Steel 13 3 9 12 10
Odeen Tufto Sioux City Musketeers 13 6 5 11 2
Brannon McManus Chicago Steel 14 6 4 10 2
Eeli Tolvanen Sioux City Musketeers 13 5 5 10 6

Playoff leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player Team GP Mins W L GA SO SV% GAA
Robbie Beydoun Waterloo Black Hawks 8 480 5 3 16 1 .922 2.00
Aleš Stezka Chicago Steel 13 796 9 4 27 3 .936 2.04
Matīss Kivlenieks Sioux City Musketeers 13 807 8 5 28 2 .925 2.08
Ryan Bischel Fargo Force 3 168 0 3 7 0 .931 2.49
Keith Petruzzelli Muskegon Lumberjacks 2 138 0 2 6 0 .885 2.61

References

  1. ^ "USHL Announces 2016-17 Schedule". USHL. Archived from the original on April 20, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  2. ^ "USHL Standings". USHL. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Matiss Kivlenieks Named USHL Player & Goaltender of the Year". USHL. April 12, 2017. Archived from the original on April 13, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  4. ^ "Zach Solow Named USHL Forward of the Year". USHL. April 12, 2017.
  5. ^ "Connor Mackey Named USHL Defenseman of the Year". USHL. April 12, 2017.
  6. ^ "Andrei Svechnikov Named USHL Rookie of the Year". USHL. April 12, 2017.